Step One: Create a macOS High Sierra ISO File. To start, we’ll need to create an ISO file of macOS. The Virtual CD/DVD-ROM Utility is a tool to aid mounting a CD/DVD ROM image file onto the desktop of a classic Mac OS. The kind of image file types it can mount, may be.CDR.DSK.IMG (Disk Copy 6.ISO compatible).ISO.TOAST, etc.
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I've seen apps, usually for Windows, but all the one's I've tried still don't fully emulate a CD/DVD so won't pass copy protection or whatever.
*Virtual Clone Drive for Mac System Tools › File Managers Virtual Clone Drive (or Virtual CloneDrive) by Elaborate Bytes is a free to use application that gives users the possibility to mount disc images to virtual drives and use them just as if they were actual discs. However, there is no information about Virtual Clone Drive for Mac.
*Virtual CD (VCD) Manager. Download VCD Manager VirtualCDManagerv1003.zip for Mac to your desktop. Unzip the utility and double click to open. Click Continue to disable the VCD. Click Accept the End User's License Agreement (EULA). Click Drive to configure and select your drive. Verify desired Virtual CD setting.
..So, is there any cheap..way in mac os to do this?..
Sure. Burn it to disk. A blank CD or DVD is going to be cheaper than any paid app. So unless you can find a free one, burning to disk will be the cheapest. (This even assumes you can find some app that fully emulates a drive, which I haven't found yet, at least for Mac.) With enough money, you could even pay someone to make a custom app just for you..but you want cheap. 😉
..Having listening to a helicopter-like noise of spinning disc for couple of hours makes me wan't to kill someone with a blunt instrument..
If this is to install, then it would only be a one time thing, so I'd argue that the noise is an acceptable cost. But I assume this is like a game where they use the physical media as a form of identification/authentication or whatever. So I suggest you get an external drive, then with a long enough USB or Firewire cable, you can move the drive away from you, put it on a shelf. Even put a cardboard box over it. Some drives are quieter than others. Often faster drives are noiser, so get a 'slow' drive.
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In the past with old impact dot matrix printers, you could get foam lined housings that greatly reduced the noise. I have two sitting in my office and with the covers closed, I have to force myself to remember to check for paper jams, they're that quiet. 🙂 So for something like a CD drive, a foam lined enclosure would almost certainly block any noise. (And it's something you can make yourself so cost is minimal. Less than $10 if you can't find any scrap material.)
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